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SUMMER RULES GU/INTO EFFECT TODAYAT SGHIFFERDECKERmen The Schlfferdecker golf courad . Clt; tdte passed out of the dub” class and base t to into the championship division this of « nsets morning,, when; lor the first time this nor- since it was opened three years ago, the■ * % ian-1 summer rules went into effect. nooi Hitherto* Winter rules have pre- *©6® et€d I vailed throughout the year and Tlake golfers %vere permitted to improve thehalf tIie*r he #in the fairways, Improv-‘toul ;om- I the lie was*given a wide inters Ipretation, some golfers' even going era: isingjSo far as to . use artificial tees. ] wooUnder summer rules, things will■be different. The ball must not boid in yard u*ob* half3D mac Plajtouched, otherwise than in making 1 noolt; \ 1 |a stroke, from tee to green. Special m01 ▼rigg I course rules provide however,, that r^h*i are U ball that comes to rest in a wagon toui ump track or lioofprlnt, in the fairway!®*”* ably only* may be lifted and dropped elay, without penalty. ;alt;Man(1* I Can't Move Bali on Greens. I The putting into effect of summerrules also,carries with it a change in |I the regulations governing play on “tTT tlie Sheens* Heretofore, mov- IibT I ing the ball six inches in any direc- | tion, but not nearer the cup, lias ntain I been permitted. With the adoption 1 ighey of summer rules, , this concession \^{ track goes into the discard and the balll^ dum- can not be moved on the green, ex-will cept when it is in line of another cliool bail and closer to-the hole./ In that I ^e€mediaspon- case, it may be marked and aftersourl. the other ball has been played, it. p0]'oach I must be returned to the exact spot sucfrom which it«was removed, gaithe I Summer rules ,at Schifferdecker ^ He- caW a year earlier than was xon- tiv pole templated when the .course was I urdle opened.. Usually, winter i*ules prevail | cio ,ce in on new cotmses four years in order .t the to give grass on the fairways all the ently chance possible. The grass on*-the vault I. Schifferdecker' fairways, However, is in exceptionally good condition for a“ new course.hdng-
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Fri, May 01, 1925
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